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Message (Availability)

Last modified: May 18, 2010

Applies to: Exchange Server 2007 | Exchange Server 2010

The Message element contains the out of Office (OOF) response.

<Message/>

string

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element

Description

InternalReply

Contains the OOF message sent to other users in the sender's domain.

The following are the possible XPath expressions to this element:

  • /SetUserOofSettingsRequest/UserOofSettings/InternalReply

  • /GetUserOofSettingsResponse/OofSettings/InternalReply

ExternalReply

Contains the OOF message that is sent to addresses outside the sender's domain.

The following are the possible XPath expressions to this element:

  • /SetUserOofSettingsRequest/UserOofSettings/ExternalReply

  • /GetUserOofSettingsResponse/OofSettings/ExternalReply

ReplyBody

Contains an OOF message and the language used for the message.

Text Value

A text value is required to set the OOF message.

Remarks

The schema that describes this element is located in the IIS virtual directory that hosts Exchange Web Services of the Client Access server.

Example

The following example of a SetUserOofSettings Operation request sets the OofState to Enabled, sets the duration of OOF to 10 days, and sets the internal and external OOF messages.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="https://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <SetUserOofSettingsRequest xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages">
      <Mailbox xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
        <Name>David Alexander</Name>
        <Address>someone@example.com</Address>
        <RoutingType>SMTP</RoutingType>
      </Mailbox>
      <UserOofSettings xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types">
        <OofState>Enabled</OofState>
        <ExternalAudience>All</ExternalAudience>
        <Duration>
          <StartTime>2005-10-05T00:00:00</StartTime>
          <EndTime>2005-10-25T00:00:00</EndTime>
        </Duration>
        <InternalReply>
          <Message>I am out of office.  This is my internal reply.</Message>
        </InternalReply>
        <ExternalReply>
          <Message>I am out of office. This is my external reply.</Message>
        </ExternalReply>
      </UserOofSettings>
    </SetUserOofSettingsRequest>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

Element Information

Namespace

https://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types

Schema Name

Types schema

Validation File

Types.xsd

Can be Empty

False